Soviet Soviet awards for Afghanistan

[Dave Danner]

A mix of awards. The guy on the right is Sergei Suslin (Сергей Суслин) of 186th Spetsnaz.

[Dave Danner]

Igor Skirt (Игор Скирт), 154th Spetsnaz.

[Dave Danner]

Spetsnaz veterans' pictures are from the albums on Dmitri Reznikov's site here: http://www.reznik.pri.ee/section.php?dsid=13

The content is all in Russian, but the site is well worth a visit. These images are but the tiniest of samples of what can be seen there of the daily life of Soviet soldiers.

[Guest Rick Research]

Three MORE wound stripes!

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtop...st&p=120972

So when did these get RE-introduced, given how few WW2 veterans seem to have kept on wearing theirs?

The newer versions seem smaller. Made out of that "rubberized" material, like enlisted ranks shoulder branch insignia?

[Christian Zulus]

Gentlemen,

at Suslin's photograph we can see the CORRECT ribbon of an Afghanistan "Order of Glory" .

Best regards

Christian Zulus

A mix of awards. The guy on the right is Sergei Suslin (Сергей Суслин) of 186th Spetsnaz.